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On February 6, 57-year-old Patricia Dowd of San Jose, California became the first COVID-19 death in the United States discovered by April 2020. She died at home without any known recent foreign travel, after being unusually sick from flu in late January, then recovering, remote working, and suddenly dying on February 6.
The COVID-19 pandemic in California began earlier than in some other parts of the United States. Ten of the first 20 confirmed COVID-19 infections in the United States were detected in California , and the first infection was confirmed on January 26, 2020.
On March 3, 2020, Placer County declared a public health emergency, following the confirmation of a second coronavirus case in that county. [128] On March 7, 2020, a family in Elk Grove contracted the virus and was quarantined [129] which led to the school district of Elk Grove decision to close down all schools until March 13. [130]
This March 2020 photo along La Brea Avenue in midtown Los Angeles was taken during the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. Three years later, the state is lifting its COVID-19 state of emergency.
The state of emergency has been in effect for more than two years.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -California compelled much of the state to close shop and stay at home on Monday, when some of the harshest coronavirus restrictions in the United States came into effect one ...
At the beginning of the pandemic to early June 2020, Democratic-led states had higher case rates than Republican-led states, while in the second half of 2020, Republican-led states saw higher case and death rates than states led by Democrats. As of mid-2021, states with tougher policies generally had fewer COVID cases and deaths {needs update}.
No state has suffered more pandemic-related deaths than California. However, on a per capita basis, California has the 11th-lowest COVID-19 death rate. California COVID-19 deaths near 90,000, but ...